Received April 10, 2002

Hi Gary,

Yesterday I discovered that my fourth great-grandmother was named Belinda MAXON, and today I discovered your site. Very happy to find you!

I wonder if anybody can help me find out more about Belinda MAXON. What I know is, she was born abt 1817 in Ohio. She married Arthur Thornton and they had a daughter, Marian, in Ohio in 1834. Then they moved to
Illinois, where they had three more children: John Thomas (my third great-grandfather) in 1835, David around 1836 and Nathan around 1840. This information is from the 1850 IL census in Kane County, Aurora Twp.

I would love to hear from anyone with information about Belinda, or hints about where to look next. Please post this on your website or anywhere else you see fit, and thank you for your help.

Laura Gray jsbach@sbcglobal.net

 

Received December 8, 2002

I am searching for information on the following: Lorraine Maxson b. ca. 1830 prob. Michigan. She married
Charles Ezekiel Spicer who was born in New York. They had daughter Clarissa Belle Spicer b. 1855 in Michigan. She married Newton Philander Smith 6 May 1873. They lived in Bay City-Saginaw area of Michigan. Any help on this Maxson appreciated.
 
lbows@bellsouth.net
 
Please post on your Maxson Family site. Thanks.

Received March 11, 2003

I am searching for information on an Edie (Eda) Maxson who married Alexander Batson Emerson, probably in Lewis Co., WV.  She died 30 Aug 1920 at Jane Lew, Lewis Co., WV.  Alexander was born 15 May 1854 in Augusta Co., VA, and the Emerson family moved to West Va sometime prior to 1868.  I have located an Eda Maxson, dau. of Thomas A. Maxson and Mary Ann Williams, born about 1863 in Lewis or Harrison Co., WV, and since the birth dates correspoond (1854and 1863) this is the only possible connection I can find. 
  Am wondering if anyone in the Maxson family would have information on the Lewis/Harrison Co. branch of the family.

   Hope you can post this to the web site for me.

Kyle Emerson
KLEmer3680@aol.com

Received May 2, 2003

I have been trying to find a source record for the birth of Susanna Maxson b 20 Jan 1980 in Hopkinton RI.  I went down to Hopkinton RI to try to find it in the vital records but all they had was the "Arnold Index" for Hopkinton and she was not listed.  All the information on your web page appears to be correct as for her marriage to John Peabody and 2nd marriage to Lewis Chapman and all of her children for both
marriages.  I went to Salem, CT yesterday to try to see if there was any information in the vital records and I did find her death recorded on page 92 and 93 of the Salem Vital Records Vol 2.   The death was
recorded as "Mrs. Chapman d. 8 nov 1865 age 85 yrs."   No further information was recorded as to the parents or exact date of birth.  The entry was the last one on the page and was faded very bad.   The town
clerk did her best to try to make a copy of the entry but it is hardly readable.  Barbour never recorded it in the Salem Vital Records he did for the town.  The marriage of Susanna Maxson and John Peabody is recorded in the vital records of Stonington but it just said they were married by a JP.   It doesn't give the ages of either or the parents.   I was wondering if there was any source either printed in a biography or vital
record that you know of that lists the actual birth date and parents of Susanna Maxson?   Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!  Thanks,

Gary Nilson   Wallingford, CT
gary.nilson@snet.net

Received April 30, 2006

I have a Thomas Harvey in Petersburg, New York m. Lois Stillman about 1795.  They had a son named Asa Maxon Harvey b. abt 1797 who m. Betsy Steward(t) in 1821 in Petersburg, N.Y.   I am aware that the Stillmans and Maxons of Rhode Island were very intertwined.  Lois Stillman was born about 1778 and died 20 Jul 1819.  She married Thomas Harvey who lived in Petersburg. This Lois' date of death is just a year before Lois Stillman b. 1756  who died 18 Sept 1820, also in Petersburgh.    This Lois Stillman married Asa I. Maxon and her mother was Mary Polly Maxon all of R.I.    I have been wondering if my Lois Stillman was related to the Maxons of R.I. but so far I don't find her in R.I. (There is another Lois Stillman b. 7 Sep 1773 who m. Daniel Edwards and I have ruled this Lois out. )
 
If someone knows of a connection  to the Maxons, of the Lois Stillman b. 1778, I would appreciate hearing from them.  The fact that Lois Stillman  and Thomas Harvey named their son Asa Maxon Harvey leaves me hoping I have finally found another piece to this Harvey puzzel.
 
Thank you.
 
Joan Johnson